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Local MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Murder Charge

WCBE 90.5FM | By Alison Holm
Published August 27, 2019 at 5:20 AM EDT

Federal prosecutors say another Columbus defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case has pleaded guilty to a charge of murder in aid of racketeering. 

32-year-old Erasmo Humberto Lima-Martinez is one of 23 individuals charged in an indictment that includes five murders as well as attempted murder, extortion, money laundering, and other counts. Lima-Martinez pleaded guilty to his role in the November 2015 death of 17-year-old Wilson Villeda near Innis Road .
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Alison Holm
A native of Chicago, naturalized citizen of Cincinnati and resident of Columbus, Alison attended Earlham College and the Ohio State University. She has equal passion for Midwest history, hockey and Slavic poetry.
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